From: Chinmay Agarwal <chinagar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit eb4e8fac00d1e01ada5e57c05d24739156086677 upstream.
Following race condition was detected:
<CPU A, t0> - neigh_flush_dev() is under execution and calls
neigh_mark_dead(n) marking the neighbour entry 'n' as dead.
<CPU B, t1> - Executing: __netif_receive_skb() ->
__netif_receive_skb_core() -> arp_rcv() -> arp_process().arp_process()
calls __neigh_lookup() which takes a reference on neighbour entry 'n'.
<CPU A, t2> - Moves further along neigh_flush_dev() and calls
neigh_cleanup_and_release(n), but since reference count increased in t2,
'n' couldn't be destroyed.
<CPU B, t3> - Moves further along, arp_process() and calls
neigh_update()-> __neigh_update() -> neigh_update_gc_list(), which adds
the neighbour entry back in gc_list(neigh_mark_dead(), removed it
earlier in t0 from gc_list)
<CPU B, t4> - arp_process() finally calls neigh_release(n), destroying
the neighbour entry.
This leads to 'n' still being part of gc_list, but the actual
neighbour structure has been freed.
The situation can be prevented from happening if we disallow a dead
entry to have any possibility of updating gc_list. This is what the
patch intends to achieve.
Fixes: 9c29a2f55ec0 ("neighbor: Fix locking order for gc_list changes")
Signed-off-by: Chinmay Agarwal <chinagar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210127165453.GA20514@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/core/neighbour.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -1245,13 +1245,14 @@ static int __neigh_update(struct neighbo
old = neigh->nud_state;
err = -EPERM;
- if (!(flags & NEIGH_UPDATE_F_ADMIN) &&
- (old & (NUD_NOARP | NUD_PERMANENT)))
- goto out;
if (neigh->dead) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Neighbor entry is now dead");
+ new = old;
goto out;
}
+ if (!(flags & NEIGH_UPDATE_F_ADMIN) &&
+ (old & (NUD_NOARP | NUD_PERMANENT)))
+ goto out;
ext_learn_change = neigh_update_ext_learned(neigh, flags, ¬ify);
